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Collapse of Earth's main ocean water circulation system is already happening

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Collapse of Earth's main ocean water circulation system is already happening

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AMOC is like a massive ocean circulation conveyor belt that moves warm and cold water around the Atlantic. It's failing, and that's very bad.

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